When Societal Norms and Social Identity Collide: The Race Talk Dilemma for Racial Minority Children

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 887-895

  Pauker, Kristin ^a   Apfelbaum, Evan P ^b   Spitzer, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

color blindness; racial categorization; social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943143550     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550615598379     Document Type: Article

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